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Thematic Headlines

Domestic Scene

Cautious Calm Prevails in Tahrir Egypt Votes The Azhar Grand Imam Intermediates The Tahrir Sniper in Jail SCAF Meets Political Forces Again Case Filed against MOI Teargas Imports HEC Chairman:Election Results to be Officially Announced Today New Anti-SCAF Protests on Friday PM: New Government to Be Announced Within 48 Hours Phase One Estimates: FJP Leads the Polls Tahrir Clashes Leave 79 Injured MB Won First Round of Elections, Salafis are still Competing Tahrir Protesters Call on People to Return to the Square Anan Negotiates with Political Powers Formation of Advisory Council Muslim Brotherhood Beating the Drums of Victory Calm Back in Tahrir Australian Detained over Tahrir Recordings 27 Egyptians Voted in Israel Mass Demonstration on Friday The Muslim Brotherhood Sweeps and Salafis Head Forward Preliminary First Phase Results Calls for a Million-Man Demonstration Tomorrow

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Newspapers (1/12/2011)

Page:1, 7 Author: Husam Zayed

Cautious Calm Prevails in Tahrir

Tahrir Square and Abd al-Mu’،im Riyad Square, downtown Cairo, have reportedly regained it calm after the before yesterday night incidents.

Clashes occurred before Tuesday night between protesters in Tahrir Square and street

venders.

The clashes resulted in 108 injuries, 82 of them are of the protesters.

Eyewitnesses said the majority of the attackers were not street venders, but people who allegedly wanted to defame the protestors and tarnish the image of the Tahrir demonstration to find a pretext to evacuate the square.

Spokesman of the ministry of Health Muhammad al-Shirbini said injuries were mainly

caused by birdshot pellets and live shots. Petrol bottles were also used in clashes.

The Arab Organization for Human Rights condemned the attacks against

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Front page: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Authors: Ali Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Hijab, Fikri Abd al-Salam, Ibrahim Imran, Ahmad Tal،at, Muhammad Anz (and others)

Egypt Votes

Elections Preliminary results occupied wide spaces in Egyptian newspapers. A general

Islamist dominance seems so close to the mark. The first stage of the elections to the People’s Assembly (the Lower House of Parliament) was held in nine governorates: Cairo, Alexandria, Fayyoum, Kafr al-Shaykh, the Red Sea, Assyout, Luxor, Damietta and Port Sa،id. Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice comes first, Salafi al-Nour second and the Egyptian Bloc “seeking the third position,” al-Ahram headlined.

Freedom and Justice is leading in seven governorates out of nine, followed by Salafi al-Nour then the Egyptian Bloc. Runoff voting is expected for many individual seats. The vast majority of the revolution list is absent.

In the fourth constituency in Cairo a runoff voting is expected between former MP

Mustafa Bakri and former State Security Officer Ahmad al-Darawi for the brackets seat. Ramadan Umar Ali of the Freedom and Justice won the workers seat.

At the Eighth constituency runoff voting is expected for the Freedom and Justice’s Jamal

Hanfi and independent candidate Khalid Farouq. There are also indicators suggesting a runoff voting for candidates to the workers’ seat.

The Egyptian Bloc leads in Heliopolis and Qasr al-Nil constituencies.

Islamist parties are also leading in Damietta. In Luxor Freedom and Justice slates come first with 118387 votes, followed by al-Nour

Party with 50652 votes and the Egyptian Bloc comes third with 41559, then al-Wafd with 35523 followed by the Freedom Party with 25279 before al-Wasat al-Jadid who got 10009 votes then Justice and New Egypt Party with 8270 votes then al-Ghadwith 7494 votes, then Hurras

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Al-Thawrah with 5895, then the Reform and Development with 5723 votes and finally the Conservatives Party with 3296. Meanwhile, 25 thousand votes were invalidated because of voting violations (al-Ahram gave no further details).

In Kafr al-Shaykh Islamist parties prevails through the Muslim Brotherhood,s Freedom

and Justice and Salafis represented by al-Nour Party. In Alexandria Salafis won over the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice in many constituencies.

Al-Ahram’s Husam Zayid reported that 11 judges and three employees were injured and one member of a vote count committee died in the nine governorates. Sayyid Halim Ata Allah died during the vote counting process in Asyut.

The Final results of the first stage of the elections were expected to be declared today. However, Yusri Abd al-Karim, vice president of the High Commission of High Elections Commission announced that the result could not be declared because of the delay of three diplomatic portfolios. The high turnout caused a delay in vote counting in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

Yusri asserted that HEC was not concerned with any unofficial results and it was not

supporting any party at the expense of the others. The Final results are expected to be declared today in a press conference held by Abd al-

Mu’izz Ibrahim, head of the High Judicial Electoral Commission.

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Page:3 Author: Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq

The Azhar Grand Imam Intermediates

The Azhar Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyib offered to play the role of a mediator between SCAF and the Revolution Youth Coalition who is staging a sit-in in Tahrir Square.

The Grand Imam received a delegation from the Revolution Youth Coalition.

The delegation was headed by Dr. Saif al-Din Abd al-Fattah and Judge Muhammad Fu’ad.

Dr. Abd al-Fattah said the delegation visit was based on the Grand Imam earlier

initiative to send a messenger to address the protesters. Dr. Abd al-Fattah expressed their trust in the Grand Imam to deliver the message

honestly to SCAF.

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Page:3 Author: Muhammad Dunya

The Tahrir Sniper in Jail

Lieutenant Muhammad Subhi al-Shinnawi, known as the “eyes sniper,” turned himself in to the police.

Lawyer Jamil Sa،id the suspect defender denied what had been rumored about the

suspect escape outside Egypt. A Youtube video showing al-Shinnawi shooting at a demonstrator in Muhammad

Mahmoud Street which outraged the Egyptian community.

Many calls to arrest and punish him were spread on the Internet.

Al-Shunnawi was wanted by the Attorney General and will be tried for killing demonstrators.

Similar news was reported in al-Yom al-Sabe،, (p. 1), al-Akhbar, p. 3, al-Gomhoryya, p. 3, al-Masry al-Yom, p. 3, al-Tahrir, p. 8, al-Dustour, p. 2 and al-Shurouq (p. 3).

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Pages: 3, 4, 20 Authors: Nashwa Al-Houfi, Dalia Othman (and others)

SCAF Meets Political Forces Again

Lieutenant General Sami Anan, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, held a meeting, along with other SCAF members, with a group of political and national forces to discuss solutions for the ongoing political crisis in addition to discussing the preliminary results of the first phase of parliamentary elections.

The meeting tackled mainly the framework of the Advisory Board proposed for the

new government. An informed source told Al-Masry Al-Youm that it will include 50 political figures belonging to various political backgrounds to assist El-Ganzouri’s government. Five potential presidential candidates refused to join this board.

Violence continued to characterize the scene in Tahrir Square but this time clashes

erupted between protesters and groups of street vendors for over 6 hours on Tuesday night. They began when protesters demanded some of the street vendors in Tahrir to leave

due to their suspicious and immoral behavior. Street vendors refused and collected a group of thugs and attacked protesters, using guns and Molotov Cocktails. Ministry of Health announced that the number of protesters injured during these clashes went up to 108.

Meanwhile, 23 political movements and groups called for protests and a memorial

march next Friday under the title “Paying Respect to Martyrs of Mohamed Mahmoud Battle.”

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Page 3 Authors: Shimaa Al-Qaranshawi, Wael Ali (and others)

Case Filed against MOI Teargas Imports

A shipment of teargas that arrived through Al-Adabiya Port has caused anger among the people of Suez who threatened to organize protests against the MOI anti-riot imports.

The Egyptian Council for Economic and Political Rights filed a lawsuit to demand a

trial for those responsible for importing the teargas shipment and a court order that prevents the MOI from using them against protesters.

The 7-ton shipment has already arrived and another 21-ton shipment is expected to

arrive. Customs employees underwent interrogationsover their refusal to receive the teargas

shipment.

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Page: 3,5,11 Author: Hisham el-Bassyouni, Ahmed Gomaa & Sherif Abdel-Hamid

HEC Chairman:Election Results to be Officially Announced Today

Chairman of the Higher Elections Commission (HEC) Abdel-Moez Ibrahim told a press conference the results of single-member constituencies will be announced on Thursday.

Cairo Airport received 27 diplomatic pouches containing the ballots of Egyptian expatriates, who voted in the first phase of the parliamentary elections. Due to excessive work and effort, a ballot station representative in Asyut passed away during vote counting. Following a visit to Cairo on an election-observing mission, US Congressman David Dreier hailed the high turnout observed in the polls.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has dominated the first phase of the election amid expectations that would take over 45% of the seats. After counting 15% of ballot stations in the nine governorates:

The FJP got 45% of the votes, the Egyptian Bloc (20%), the Islamic Coalition, led by Salafist Al-Nour Party (20%) and Al-Wafd Party (5%).

Counting in Cairo’s first constituency resumed after an 11-hour hiatus as the military police secured the location after the citizens gathered in masses outside. Egyptian embassies abroad finished counting the votes of expatriates and submitted the results to the HEC, Foreign Ministry spokesman Amr Roshdi said.

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The One World Foundation for Development and Civil Society Care, one of the NGOs observing the elections, reported a number of violations during the elections and limited violent altercations. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the Egyptian elections, calling them an “important and huge step forward.” President of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) Abu-Bakr el-Gendi said the turnout in the first phase of the elections was beyond the expectations.

He expected the overall turnout in the elections to reach 85%.

A survey conducted by the Misr University for Science and Technology on 1,500 citizens in 10 governorates showed that:

49.5% will vote for the FJP. 10.7% will vote for Salafist parties. 9.3% for Al-Wafd Party. 6.9% for the Justice Party. 3.8% for the Egypt National Party.

The Carter Center commended the electoral atmosphere in the Red Sea governorate.

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Page: 3,11 Author: Ahmed Gomaa, Khaled Moussa & Others

New Anti-SCAF Protests on Friday

A number of political powers called for holding a million-people rally under the theme “Friday of Escalation” against the SCAF, urging the Army to return to its barracks.

The protests will also express rejection of the Kamal el-Ganzouri government.

Cairo Airport authorities deported a German national for inciting protesters in Tahrir

Square during the bloody incidents that occurred outside the Interior Ministry HQ in Downtown’s Mohamed Mahmoud Square.

The Health Ministry announced that 108 were injured during the altercations that occurred two days in Tahrir Square between protesters and street vendors.

A state of cautious calm prevailed in Tahrir after the protesters kicked out thugs,

beggars and vendors from the iconic square.

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Page: 1 Author: Ahmed Hassan Amer,Sahar Salama

PM: New Government to Be Announced Within 48 Hours

Appointed Prime Minister, Kamal El-Ganzouri, announces the new government within 48 hours.

He stated that the new ministerial portfolio will include new ministries. He plans on forming a ministry for therapeutic affairs. There will also be a Ministry of

Supply and Home Trade in addition to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Ministry of Civil Aviation will be headed by a civilian not a military minister as he

said. Kamal El-Ganzouri, in a press conference, stated that he asked 5 presidential candidates

whom he did not name- to join the government but they all refused. He is still considering whether to appoint vice prime ministers or not. He meets candidates for ministerial portfolios, today. He promised to make the Ministry of Social Affairs and Insurance a separate ministry

again.

This topic was covered in Ahram page1; Gomhoria 3, 4, 8; Masry Youm 1, 14; Tahrir 1, 2, 8; Shorouk 1, 2; Yom7 2, 3; Akhbar 3,8

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Page: 1, 3, 4,5,6,7 Author: Ahmed Abu-Gabr , Ahmed Ghonim & Others

Phase One Estimates: FJP Leads the Polls

Vote count in the nine governorates of the first phase started yesterday.

Preliminary results showed that in 6 governorates FJP and Salafi Parties head the polls, followed by the Egyptian Bloc, a coalition of liberal parties. HEC Head, Abd El-Moez Ibrahim, stated that the final results of the first elections stage will be announced in a press conference on Thursday evening, instead of Wednesday.

Judge overseeing the count in North Cairo’s first constituency decided to cancel the process marred by chaos and violations. Later, he resumed the vote. Preliminary results in South Cairo’s 9th constituency show FJP leading the polls with 41%, followed by Al-Nour and the Egyptian Bloc. Wafd Party is out of the competition.

Mohamed Morsy, FJP head, stated that the success of the first phase was the people excluding former NDPs.

Mohamed Badei, supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, stated that the people

voted for democracy in the elections, after preliminary indicators showed that FJP is heading the polls.

Judges’ Club Chairman, Ahmed El-Zend, calls on SCAF to issue a writ to allow vote

counting in substations instead of transferring them to the main stations which opens the door to rigging.

The Supreme Council’s Administrative Court rejected two lawsuits calling for the cancellation of the first phase elections; due to violations of including the religion check beside candidate names.

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Washington Post commented on the elections scene in Egypt saying that the biggest winner from the peaceful elections is SCAF as it avoided a new revolution.

In Cairo’s first single-seat constituency, FJP’s bracket candidate is leading, followed by

the Egyptian Bloc’s, then Al-Nour. FJP’s laborers candidate comes also on top. The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement confirming that the preliminary results

show that their candidates are heading the polls in the first phase of the parliamentary elections.

Essam Sharaf, caretaker government head, announced that 70% of Egyptian expatriates

participated in the elections, adding that 100 embassies already sent their vote counts. Democratic Front candidate in Kafr El-Sheikh, Abd El-Razek El-Kilany, accused MB of ballot stuffing.

Observers of Sharek wa Raqib, translating as participate and observe, Campaign detected more than one incident of violation in different constituencies where MB and Al-Nour supporters entered the stations with votes. They also said that Wafd and Democratic Peace parties offered bribes.

Shehab Human Rights Center observed that 5 ballot boxes went missing in Alexandria.

Preliminary results in Alexandria show that FJP heads the polls in multi-member

constituencies and single-member constituencies as well, followed by Egyptian Bloc and Revolution Continues candidates.

In Asyut, the Egyptian Bloc is a close second to FJP in the first constituency.

The Administrative Court in Cairo cancelled the first phase of the elections in Asyut, after proving there were major violations. However, the Supreme Administrative Court has not yet received any contestations to this ruling.

Election Results in Port Said will be postponed till expatriates’ votes are received through international mail.

In Luxor, Islamists are leading the polls in all constituencies.

Over 500 women in Luxor staged a march, yesterday, protesting inability to vote. Vote recount in Luxor after discovering that a member of vote count committee stuffed votes.

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Page: 1,5 Author: Samar Nabih,Tarek Abbas

Tahrir Clashes Leave 79 Injured

Yesterday’s clashes in Tahrir between protestors and street vendors left 79 injured; 7 of

whom were injured by birdshot pellets. Ministry of Health announced that the injuries resulted from birdshot pellets or rock

hurling. Thousands arrived to Tahrir in solidarity with protestors after hearing about the clashes.

Skirmishes started two days ago after protestors tried to clear the area of street vendors, who brought in thugs and hurled stones and fire balls back.

Security sources assured that there was no police presence in the square during the clashes. All police forces were concentrated around Interior Ministry, and in locations to secure constituencies.

Revolution Youth Coalition accused the Ministry of Interior of standing behind the

events. They accused the Ministry of planting thugs in the square in an attempt to defame protestors.

This topic was covered in Akhbar page 8 “The clashes lasted for 4 hours and resulted in 108 injured’’.

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Page: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Author: Eman Abdel Moneim, Hager El-Desouki (and others)

MB Won First Round of Elections, Salafis are still Competing

After 82 years of conflict with political regimes, the Muslim Brotherhood seems very close to achieving their long-awaited dream. Preliminary results of the first phase of parliamentary elections reveal that Islamists, Freedom and Justice Party and Al-Nour Salafi Party, are gaining the majority of votes. The major bloc of votes for the Muslim Brotherhood’s party came from rural areas and villages outside Cairo, whereas most of the votes liberal parties received belonged to middle classes.

The newly-established Egyptian Bloc competed heavily with FJP and Al-Nour Party

and was able to gain a good amount of votes. Also, the Revolution Continues Alliance succeeded to gain some of the votes, in addition to independent candidates of the revolution who won or came close to victory. However, NDP former members and Mubarak’s artificial opposition parties came last.

The Muslim Brotherhood seeks to form the new government, based on the majority

they obtained during the first phase of elections, and they said they expect similar results during the second and third phases. “The parliament has the right to withdraw confidence from the government if it was not able to achieve the demands of the people. Forming the government will remain an issue of negotiations between SCAF and Islamist parties after parliamentary elections are complete,” said Helmi Al-Gazzar, secretary general of FJP in Giza.

The Egyptian Bloc said in a statement that they are glad of the votes they were able to

gain during the first phase of the elections. They said that this indicates that they are moving towards becoming a solid bloc competing in parliament. “Despite of the many violations made by our opponents, our will remains strong to run for parliamentary elections and win,” said Dr. Hani Serag Al-Din, a member of the board of directors of the Free Egyptians Party.

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Page: 8 Author: Yasmine El-Geyoushi and Asmaa Fathi

Tahrir Protesters Call on People to Return to the Square

Protesters now bear the responsibility of protecting Tahrir Square from SCAF’s army

and police forces and from street vendors and thugs. As soon as ballot boxes were sealed and transferred, a group of street vendors and thugs started attacking Tahrir protesters causing injuries to 108 of them.

Clashes occurred when a group responsible for maintaining order in the square asked

street vendors to leave due to their improper or criminal behavior. Some of them refused to leave and quarreled with protesters. Moments after that, a group of street vendors came along with thugs and attacked protesters, using weapons.

Following these clashes, protesters continued their two sit-ins in Tahrir Square and in

front of cabinet headquarters and declared their intentions to continue until the revolution’s demands are achieved. They called for another protest next Friday to honor the memory of the martyrs who died in Mohamed Mahmoud St. during clashes with security forces.

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Page: 1,2 Author: Ahmed el-Bahnassawi

Anan Negotiates with Political Powers Formation of Advisory Council

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sami Anan met a number of

political powers representatives and presidential candidates for consultations on the “advisory council.”

The advisory council will be established to play a mediatory role between the SCAF, government and people.

The meeting took up mechanisms to for setting up the council and its composition.

Topic was covered in Al-Ahram page 3, Al-Akhbar page 3, Al-Masry Al-Youm page 3 and 4, Al-Tahrir page 8 and Al-Dostour page

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Page: 1,4,5,8 Author: Doaa Mekawi, Mohamed Basal, Maha Fahmi and Marwa Alaa

Muslim Brotherhood Beating the Drums of Victory

Preliminary results of the first phase of the parliamentary elections show the dominance of

the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP).

In Cairo, the FJP received 43% of the votes, followed by Salafist Al-Nour Party and the Egyptian Bloc.

In Kafr El-Sheikh, the FJP won 30% of the votes in the second constituency. In the Red Sea, the Democratic Alliance for Egypt garnered 40,000 votes, followed by the

Egyptian Bloc (19,000), the Egyptian Citizen Party (16,000) and Al-Wafd Party (11,000). The competition in Damietta was mainly between the FJP and Al-Nour Party. In Fayoum, the Democratic Alliance for Egypt got the lion share of the votes (about

200,000), Al-Nour Party (130,000), the Freedom Party (26,000), the Revolution Continues Coalition (22,000), Al-Wasat Party (18,000), Al-Wafd Party (16,000), the Reform and Development Party (12,000) and the Egypt Bloc (nearly 10,000).

Luxor: The Democratic Alliance for Egypt (118,000), Al-Nour Party (50,000), the

Egyptian Bloc (41,000), Al-Wafd Party (35,000) and the Freedom Party (25,000).

Port Said: The FJP came first, followed by Al-Nour Party and Al-Wafd Party.

The operations room of the Local Development Ministry said it did not receive any complaints about vote-rigging incidents in the nine governorates, where the first stage of the parliamentary elections took place.

The operations room did not also receive complaints about riots or thuggery, said Local

Development Minister Mohamed Attiya.

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Judicial sources at the State Council said elections in four constituencies in Cairo and Assuit

could be nullified.

The move could take place after the Higher Elections Commission (HEC) did not enforce a ruling issued by the Administrative Court to include the Democratic Peace Party in candidate lists in Cairo’s second and third constituencies.

The HEC also neglected a court ruling not to change the attributes of two candidates in

Asyut from “brackets” to “farmers,” sources said.

Western newspapers shed light on the elections in Egypt:

The Washington Post said Egypt’s ruling generals can ‘pretend’ that the political process in the country is on the right track after they were accused of undermining the democratic transition in the country.

The Los Angeles Times considered the Egyptian elections with a positive and a negative

side. SCAF seems persistent to hold on power even after a new president and parliament are elected, the paper said.

Le Figaro reported that despite the general credible atmosphere of the elections, some

vote rigging incidents could have occurred due to the police’s laxity. Le Monde highlighted Israeli concerns over the MB victory in the elections.

US Congressman David Dreier told Al-Shorouk he did not expected the elections in Egypt to go that smoothly and credibly.

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Page: 1, 3 Author: Mohamed Abu Zeid, Riham Massoud, Noha Ashour and Khaled Moussa

Calm Back in Tahrir

Calm was restored in Tahrir Square, a day after clashes erupted between protesters and street vendors.

Clashes broke out when protesters tried to kick out the vendors from the square. The

vendors responded with firearms, gas cylinders and Molotov cocktails, injuring 80 people.

About 23 political movements and groups called for staging a million-people protest on Friday to pay homage to the 43 people who were killed in recent bloody clashes outside the Interior Ministry and Cabinet premises last week.

Among the movements that signed the statement were the Socialist Popular Alliance

Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, the Democratic Labor Party, the Revolution Youth Coalition, the Baradei Support Campaign and the Maspero Youth Union.

Ahmed Badawi, one of the protesters who were severely injured in clashes outside the

Interior Ministry on November 19, passed away on Wednesday.

His death raises the death toll of the incidents to 41. He died of gunshot wounds.

A delegation of the Revolution Youth Coalition met Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb, seeking Al-Azhar’s mediation between the Tahrir protesters and the government.

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Page: 2 Author: Ziyad Hassan

Australian Detained over Tahrir Recordings

Cairo Airport authorities detained an Australian passenger over possession of a large collection of audio and visual recordings of the Tahrir Square incidents.

The Australian, 33, was heading for Saudi Arabia.

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Page:2 Author: Ibrahim Badawi

27 Egyptians Voted in Israel

Preliminary results of the expatriate Egyptians votes showed that 27 Egyptians, out of the 55 registered in the Egyptian Embassy in Israel, vote.

Egyptians in Saudi Arabia were the biggest in number with 35 thousand voters. Kuwait came second with 26 thousand casted ballots. UAE came third with 12 thousand votes.

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Page:3 Author: Ihsan al-Sayyid

Mass Demonstration on Friday

23 political movements and parties in Egypt called for a mass demonstration on Friday in Tahrir Square.

The demonstration will be honoring the martyrs who fell during the post-Mubarak era

in general and latest clashes in Tahrir and Muhammad Mahmoud Street. The Demonstration is called “Friday of the Regained Dignity.” Potential presidential candidate Amr Mussa expressed his support of the demonstration,

valuing people’s right to peaceful demonstrations. On the other hand, the “Public Campaign to Support the Field Marshal as President” called for a mass demonstration in Abasyyah to celebrate the success of the first phase of the elections and to confirm their support of Kamal al-Ganzouri, the Prime Minister-designate.

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Page: Front 4, 5 Authors: Islam al-Nahrawi, Duha Salih and Ihsan al-Sayyid. (and others)

The Muslim Brotherhood Sweeps and Salafis Head Forward

Al-Yom al-Sabe، reported on the preliminary results of the first stage of elections to the People’s Assembly.

It referred to the big success of the Islamist parties in the first phase. The Muslim

Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice is leading and Salafi al-Nour and the Egyptian Bloc follow while al-Wafd party seems to be deteriorating.

Al-Yom al-Sabe، highlighted the problems encountered during the vote count. Some

committees did not have available rooms and had to count votes in bathrooms; others were using their mobile phones lights to be able to see ballot cards.

The High Elections Commission announced that it would pay EGP1000 for every

employee who worked in the polling centers or the vote count committees during the elections. Al-Yom al-Sbae، provided a list of the detailed preliminary results in every

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Pages: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Authors: Khaled El-Meery, Mohamed Hamdy, Ibrahim El-Shazly, Nabil El-Tafahny, Mohamed Mounir, Ashraf Sharaf, Sarhan Senara, Omnia Koraim, Ahmed Abd El-Hamid, Ahmed Abu-raya, Ahmed Dawood, Mohamed Hamdy, Akram Naguib and Magdy kamel

Preliminary First Phase Results

HEC Head, Abd El-Moez Ibrahim, announces today in a press conference the final results of the first phase of the parliamentary elections.

He will announce results of single-member constituencies; winners, runoffs- and multi-

member constituencies as well. In multi-member constituencies, they will announce the number of votes each slate got.

He affirmed that the elections will not be cancelled in Shubra constituency in Cairo. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that they have received most results of expatriates’

votes through diplomatic portfolios except those in Emirates, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. For a candidate to win in a single-member constituency, he must receive 50% of the

votes+1, otherwise he will conduct runoff elections. Runoffs of the first phase will be held next Monday. The Judge of the Vote Counting Committee in Cairo’s first constituency announced on

Wednesday that the elections will be cancelled. HEC Head, Abd El-Moez Ibrahim, revoked his ruling and announced that the elections

will not be cancelled under any circumstances.

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Preliminary results show the FJP won in all 9 governorates with 35-45% of the votes, followed by the Egyptian Bloc and Al-Nour Salafi party.

George Isaac, human rights activist, lost the individuals seat in front of Akram El-Shaer

in Port Said. Estimates show that Amr Hamzawy won in Heliopolis’s single-member constituency. In Kafr El-Sheik, Al-Nour heads the polls followed by FJP, in preliminary results. In the Red Sea, estimates show FJP heading the polls with 35% followed by the Egyptian

Bloc with 16%. Results in Port Said will be postponed until they receive the results of expatriates’

voting. Final indicators in Asyut, show that FJP won 7 seats out of 16 seats , Al-Nour 6 seats and

the Egyptian Bloc 2 seats. Wafd, Nour and Egyptian Bloc are still competing over the last seat. In Alexandria, FJP won 45% of the votes, followed by Al-Nour and The Revolution

Continues, after counting 75% of the votes. Most political parties are content after hearing the preliminary results, except Wafd

party whose head admitted losing in the first phase. FJP stated that they consider the elections a success, adding that the negativities did not

exceed 1%. The Egyptian Bloc said that Islamists committed numerous violations. However, that

did not affect the fairness of the elections. International newspapers commented on the elections scene in Egypt: New York Times: Islamists agreed to the constitutional amendments that they now reject

after being sure of winning the elections. Daily Telegraph: The events in Tahrir did not affect the voting process or the vote count.

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Page 8 Authors: Marco Adel- Hoda Mohamed- Mostafa El-Shorbagy- Abd El-Geleil Mohamed

Calls for a Million-Man Demonstration Tomorrow

Tahrir revolutionaries regained control over the square after they forced all street vendors out of the area.

Dozens continued their sit-in in front of the ministerial cabinet headquarters to prevent

appointed PM Kamal El-Ganzouri from entering his office. They called for removing Kamal El-Ganzouri and appointing a civilian presidential

council to head the country. A number of political forces and revolution youth coalitions called for a million-man

demonstration tomorrow demanding presidential elections in March to force SCAF to hand over power early.

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TV Coverage (30/11/2011)

1- Program: Al Hayah Al Youm Genre: Talk Show Channel: Al Hayah TV Hosts: Lobna Asal, Sherif Amer

Ayman El-Sayad, Editor-in-Chief of Weghet Nazar Magazine

Guests:

Amr Hisham, Head of Egyptian Studies in Al-Ahram Center for Strategic and Political Studies

Hany Mahmoud, Head of the Council of Ministers Information Center

Hossam Ragheb, Director of Service Development Programme and Management Development

Judge Hassan Abu Raya, Head of North Cairo Judicial Committee

Judge Ahmed Al-Zend, Head of Judges Club

Judge Mohamed Diaa, Head of State Council Judges Club

HEC Head urges judges to wait for the official counting results.

Foreign Minister said expatriate Egyptians voting ended and the results are sent to HEC.

SCAF members meet with political forces for the second time to discuss the authorities of the advisory council.

Al-Ganzory discusses the nominations of the new government and announcing the final members on Friday.

5 presidential candidates refused to be ministers in the new government.

Judge Hassan Abu Raya said:

Any complaints regarding counting the votes should be submitted to Head of General Counting Committee and the committee has the final decision.

Head of Judges Club said:

One of the judges died during counting the votes.

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Judges opinion can be taken in how to make the supervision on the elections effective in order not to fall in these small mistakes.

Judge Mohamed Diaa said: The location of the ballot stations is not suitable for the counting process and there is an urgent meeting for State Council Judges tomorrow.

Some voting papers infiltrated from North Cairo constituency.

2- Program: Al Hayah Al A’an Genre: News Channel: Al Hayah TV Host: Maha Al Bahnassi

Counting the votes continues and the individual seats results to be announced tomorrow.

MENA Editor-in-Chief said:

HEC Head decides to give an EGP 1000 to all who are working in the ballot stations.

Judges didn’t announce any initial indicators of the results.

Announcing results is delayed waiting for the voters name lists.

No results about any candidate winning have been announced and the media is just spreading rumors.

Armed forces free the detained judges and Judge Ismail Etman supervises the transfer of boxes.

Counting votes is cancelled in Al-Sahel constituency due to chaos.

Head of Damietta Judicial Committee said the results of the governorate will be announced in hours without waiting for expatriate Egyptians voting results which contradicts with HEC statements.

HEC Head:

To hold a press conference tomorrow to announce the elections results.

Urges media channels and judges not to announce any results of the elections.

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Head of Kafr Al-Sheikh Judicial Committee said: Freedom and Justice, Al-Nour, Al-Wafd Al-Gadeed, and National Egypt Parties lead in the governorate.

Wafd Party criticized all parties that violated the law in the first phase of the elections and demands HEC to take action.

Security source said Tahrir eye sniper turned himself to Ministry of Interior.

108 injured in Tahrir due to clashes between street vendors and protestors, no serious injuries happened.

Program: Misr Al Jadeeda Genre: Talk Show Channel: Al Hayah TV 2 Host: Moataz al Demerdash

Ashraf Badr Al-Din, Vice Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Al-Masa’ey Guests:

Dr. Ahmed Diab, FJP Executive Office Member Freedom and Justice hits the polls and expectations that they win 45% from the seats

then Al-Nour Party and The Egyptian Bloc. Al-Ganzory is thinking to establish a Ministry for the revolution injured. Ashraf Badr Al-Din said: Major General Refaat Abu Kamsan might be the new Minster

of Interior. FJP member said: we don’t want to prejudge as there are more phase for the elections.

Program: Misr Tantakheb Genre: Talk Show Channel: CBC Host: Lamees Al Hadidi, Khairi Ramadan

108 injured in Tahrir clashes.

HEC Head said: We couldn’t announce the results as expatriate Egyptians voting didn’t end.

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Al-Zend during attending counting the votes in Al-Sahel constituency said: Any ballot

box not sealed will be cancelled.

Cabinet Facebook Page: Foreign Ministry sent expatriate Egyptians votes to HEC.

Run off in the Egyptian Embassy in Washington to be on Thursday.

Tantawi meets with presidential candidates and political forces.

Al-Ganzory said: Ministry of Supply to be back, to contain any rise in the prices.

Lieutenant Samy Anan discusses with political forces the authorities of the advisory council.

Stock market continues reviving and gains EGP 16.5bn.

HEC to announce the first phase results on Thursday night.

Administrative Court in Zagazeeg announced cancelling the decision of excluding 4 party lists in Sharkeya.

Results initial indicators show the following order for the winning parties:

-Freedom and Justice

-Al-Nour

-Egyptian Bloc

Freedom and Justice heads the polls in Red Sea, Luxor, Fayoum, and Damietta.

Judge Al-Zend said: Jude Abdullatif Hamza Head of Helwan Committee receives treatment after having a heart attack.

News Brief Channel 1 and 2 “National TV”

The Silent Majority Coalitions refuse forming a presidential council. US State Department said: No evidence for using tear gas bombs.

Freedom and Justice Party heads the polls in Port Said governorate.

HEC to announce elections results Thursday.

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Resuming vote counting in Cairo’s first constituency after urging judges to make sure

the ballot boxes are sealed before starting the counting process.

1- Program: Good Morning Egypt Genre: Daily Channels: Channel 1

Al-Ganzory meets a number of representatives. He said he didn’t meet any nominees for the new government.

Ministerial Crisis Committee headed by Dr.Essam Sharaf follow the election updates.

Program: News Channel 2 “National TV”

Al-Ganzory said youth will participate in the new government. Al-Ganzory: There is a possibility to cancel the Vice Prime Minister position; a lot of

people declined when the post was offered to them.

Program: Yeseed Sabahak Genre: Daily Host: Yasser Abdel-Hakim and Hend Rashad

Initial indicators show that Freedom and Justice and Al-Nour Parties are heading the polls in 6 governorates.

Al-Ganzory: The New government will include a Sports and Youth Ministry.

80 injured in Tahrir clashes between street vendors and protestors.

The high turnout in the elections revives Egyptian stock market.

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Program: Al-Yom (Talk Show) Channel: Al Tahrir Host: Dina Abdol-Rahman

Abdol-Moneim Al-Shahat, Salafi Spokesman.

Guests:

Ramy Lakah, Businessman and Vice Head of Reform and Development Party

Mohamed Habib, Founder of Renaissance Party and former vice head of MB Salafi Spokesman said: any democracy without restrictions will lead to infidelity. Ramy Lakah said: If it wasn’t for the armed forces, clashes would have erupted during the elections.

Some media channels like Al-Hayat and others refused to host our party members in their programs.

The upcoming Parliament will be weaker than the previous one. Mohamed Habib said:

SCAF is responsible for the 43 martyrs in the recent events. I criticize the MB for not taking part in Tahrir recent demonstrations.

Program: Nas Book (Talk Show) Channel: Rotana Masreya Host: Hala Sarhan

Moaz Abdel Karim: The policies applied in our country now led to nothing but chaos. SCAF has no political experience. Moaz Abdel Karim: Number of protesters injured so far is 2525. Some of them went to hospitals whereas others were treated in makeshift clinics.

Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan (researcher in political sociology): Only tens of protesters demonstrated against Tahrir protesters.

Al-Badri Fraghali (parliamentary candidate in Port Said): The coming parliament will serve nothing but SCAF’s interests.

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Al-Badri Al-Farghali: Police forces cannot protect themselves let alone secure elections. Disintegrating the Armed Forces is one of the schemes of the “counter-revolution.”

Moaz Abdel Karim: Makeshift hospital in Tahrir is attacked now; a number of doctors were arrested.

Abdullah Al-Senawi: We are interfering in a serious political crisis with severe repercussions.

Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan: Putting the Egyptian army forces against the demands of the people is meant to cripple the revolution.

The US Department of State praised Tantawi’s statement as it responded to the Egyptian people’s demands.

Abdullah Al-Senawi: The most obvious figures proposed to form the new government are: Dr. Hossam Eissa, Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei and Mansour Hassan.

Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan: We demand real powers and defined responsibilities on top of them is retaining security in the country.

Moaz Abdel Karim: I demand putting an end to security chaos prevalent in Egyptian streets now in addition to providing protection to protesters in Tahrir Square.

Amr Ezz Al-Regal (parliamentary candidate of the Revolution Continues Alliance): I want to convey a message to the Egyptian people “Do not listen to falsified talks about protesters in Tahrir Square.”

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Radio Coverage (30/11/2011)

Program: News Bulletin Channel: Radio Misr

Elections results to be announced today.

HEC announced they will avoid the mistakes of the first phase in the upcoming phases. Resuming vote counting in Al-Sahel constituency after HEC Head interfered. Al-Ganzory to meet a number of the ministers in the new government, tomorrow. Lieutenant Samy Anan meets some presidential candidates and party members to discuss the authorities of the advisory council. Vote counting continues. HEC holds a press conference on Thursday to announce first phase results. Ministerial Crisis Committee discusses the preparations for the second phase of the elections. Public prosecution issues an arrest warrant of Tahrir eye sniper. He is to be detained for 4 days during the interrogation. A lawsuit and report filed for public prosecutor to ban tear gas bombs.

Program: News Bulletin Channel: Al Sharq Al Awsat

Dr. Essam Sharaf stressed that the government is keen on overcoming all obstacles in the way of democratic transition.

Al-Ganzory intends to:

Form a ministry for revolution victims.

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Reform the following ministries:

-Ministry of Supply

-Ministry of Youth and Sports

-Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs

US Secretary of State congratulates Egyptians on the first phase of the elections.

Presidential candidate, Amr Moussa said the meeting with SCAF was to choose the members of the advisory council and determine its authorities.

Mega FM

Program: News Bar

Postponing the date of SCAF handing over power to be on 13 December.

Stock Market gains EGP 13bn yesterday due to the elections.

Program: News Bulletin Channel: Al Barnamej Al Aam

Tantawi and Samy Anan meet with a number of presidential candidates and political forces to discuss the current events in Egypt.

Foreign Ministry announced receiving all expatriates’ voting results.

US State Department announces there was no evidence of using tear gas bombs.

Al-Ganzory holds meetings with political forces and parties to choose the new government ministers

Sharaf meets a number of ministers to discuss the election process.

HEC Head offers EGP 1000 as a bonus to all those working in ballot stations.

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Internet Coverage 1/12/2011

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We are all khaled saeed

A thank you is in place to all the Armed Forces who have succeeded in securing the first phase of the parliamentary elections over 2 days A queue lined up in front of the polling station in Somouha, Alexandria.

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Tahrir Square http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4eXoKyXnlM0

Customs Authority workers refuse to release gas bombs http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I6TGeT2nsqQ

A security force recruit leaves his duty and joins protestors http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xD31K2ZbXag

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Muslim Brotherhood Site

MB Statement on the Start of the First Phase of Parliamentary Elections

To the great people of Egypt, We chose to address you before the election results are announced, to offer you our sincere thanks and appreciation. This huge turnout, unprecedented in the entire history of Egypt, is simply fascinating. As we offer you this sincere gratitude, we praise the unique and tremendously civilized performance in the high turnout to the ballots as witnessed by the whole world. Regardless of the results, we respect your will and accept your choice. These are the basics of the democracy we call for and abide by. The scene, with all those huge crowds of patriotic citizens marching into the polling stations, yesterday and today, has great significance: That the Egyptian people are not a negative, submissive nation, as described by the unscrupulous, but positive free aware and generous people. That the people triumphed in the January 25 revolution, broke the fear barrier, and made sacrifices of precious lives and blood. That the decision to hold elections on time was the right decision. That is what we always called for.

Whilst we express our happiness for this great democratic event, we feel great sorrow for the unfair media campaigns that targeted us before and during the elections. We believe those will not simply stop after the elections. A few days ago, the influential "Foreign Policy"

described the situation as an agitated political eruption in the Egyptian media against the Muslim Brotherhood.

FJP Press Release No. (8), Parliamentary Elections 2011

The election results we received, after the completion of vote counting in most polling stations indicate that the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is leading with more than 40%, followed by Al-Nour party, then the Egyptian Bloc, followed by Al-Wasat and Al-Wafd parties.

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Sorting operations have already been completed in the second constituency of Kafr El-

Sheikh, based in Desouk. Results there show that the FJP has won 92,750 votes out of 301,139 total votes i.e. 30.79%, followed by Al-Nour 67,641 votes i.e. 22.46%, then the Al-Wafd 46,540 votes i.e. 15.45%. However, the end result will be postponed until ballots of Egyptians abroad are added.

For ‘individual’ seats, semi-final results suggest wins for Dr. Akram Al-Sha’er (Port Said), Samir Khashaba (Asyut) and Essam Mokhtar (Nasr City - Cairo). Estimates indicate that leading candidates are Ramadan Omar (Helwan - Cairo), Yousri Bayoumi (Misr Alqadima - Cairo), Mustafa Mohamed, Saber Abu Fotouh and Mohammadi Sayed Ahmed (Alexandria). A number of our candidates are likely to partake in several governorates’ run-off elections.

The above figures and indicators reflect that the future of Egypt is not confined to a certain party or political current.

FJP Press Release No. (7) 30/11/2011

Vote counting started on Tuesday evening for the first phase in Egypt’s parliamentary

elections 2011. Right from the beginning, and until now, preliminary results show that the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is the biggest winner so far, followed by Al-Nour party and then the Egyptian Bloc.

Preliminary results also indicate popular exclusion of the remnants of the defunct National Democratic Party, both those who fought these elections on the ballots of political parties established after the revolution, or those who joined already established parties.

Fayoum Governorate occupies first place in the proportion of voting for the FJP, followed by the Red Sea Governorate, then Cairo and Assiut. Meanwhile, there is much competition between the FJP and Al-Nour party in Alexandria and Kafr El-Sheikh governorates. As for ‘individual’ seats, estimates are that a number of FJP candidates are winning the race in nine governorates. In the Helwan constituency, (Omar Ramadan) is leading the race, while in Hadayek Al-Qubba (Amr Zaki) is ahead, (Issam Mukhtar) in Nasr City, (Dr. Akram Al-Sha’er) in Port Said, (Mustafa Muhammad) in Montaza, (Mohammadi Syed Ahmad) in Al-Raml, and (Samir Khashaba) in Asyut.

Transfer of ballot boxes witnessed several violations, some of which were contained and resolved immediately, while others are still to be addressed. Violations and offenses included:

** Vote counting was stopped in Cairo’s first constituency, after confusion led the polling station director to stop the count and threaten to stop the election in the constituency.

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** In Cairo’s fourth constituency, specifically in the ballot sorting centre at Tora Cement Club, our representatives observed some irregularities in the counting process and the places allocated for it. The General Committee was informed of this, especially as members of staff took charge of the sorting process in the absence of a number of judges.

Twitter AsmaaMahfouz

Can we please muster support for the memorial march organized for martyrs of the Mohamed Mahmoud Battle? This is the least we can do for their sake.

The worst two clashes I have seen in my entire life are Maspero and Mohamed Mahmoud St.

I wish Dr. Mostafa Hegazy heads the national rescue government. He is a very respectful figure and I am personally proud of people like him.

As long as people did not object to El-Ganzouri’s government and he claims to have powers, then we should start pressuring him for our demands.

Put those who killed revolutionaries in January and in November on trial and I will be very relieved.

AalamWassef

Do you have any plans of sending the unmarked tear gas canisters to a specialized lab? https://teargasid.wordpress.com/about/

Monasosh

One of conditions written on teargas canisters, used against protesters in Tahrir Square, is that they should only be used in army wars!

The police sniper, accused of injuring dozens of protesters by aiming directly at their

eyes, is tried before a civilian court, whereas Alaa Abdel Fattah was tried before a military court then before state security prosecution!

Iyad_ElBaghdadi

I'm holding my breath and hoping that Salafis can be part of the solution, not part of the problem. That is what I’m hoping for.

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My main problem when talking about Islamism is to provide historical context but not

start the story a century ago. Let's start by congratulating Egypt on an awesome turnout. Put the results aside and pat

yourselves on the back. The real surprise in the Egyptian elections isn't the MB being in the first place, but the

Salafis being in second.

Gsquare86

Ahmed Hararra – Eye of the Revolution #Graffiti #Tahrir http://flic.kr/p/aNrhrK 14 tons of US-made tear gas imported from CTI has been handed over to MOI after Egyptian workers of Suez Cannel Authority attempted to stop it.

The numbers in Tahrir Square are not great but people are continuing and mobilizing for a big Friday.

WaelAbbas

Humor and jokes are more like the opium for Egyptians. If the people did not like someone or something, they do not try to work to change the situation but instead they resort to cynicism.

There is a huge amount of jokes made on Islamists and extremists. If people do not like them to that extent, why don’t they try to work and be as influential as they are?

Arabist

Head of FJP Party Mohamed Morsi says that the parliament’s majority will appoint the new government - but that's not what SCAF says.

There is talk in Alex of many votes being invalidated because people voted for both FJP and Al-Nour Party.

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Table of Content: Newspapers ………………………………………………………………………………………….3-29 Al Ahram Newspaper Cautious Calm Prevails in Tahrir……………………………………………………………………..3 Egypt Votes……………………………………………………………………………………………4-5 The Azhar Grand Imam Intermediates …………………………………………………………..…..6 The Tahrir Sniper in Jail …………………………………………………………………………………7 Al Masry Al Yawm SCAF Meets Political Forces Again……………………………………………………………………8 Case Filed against MOI Teargas Imports………………………………………………………………9 Al Gomhoreya HEC Chairman:Election Results to be Officially Announced Today…………………………10-11 New Anti-SCAF Protests on Friday…………………………………………………………………12 Al Dostour PM: New Government to Be Announced Within 48 Hours………………………………………..13 Phase One Estimates: FJP Leads the Polls…………………………………………………………14-15 Tahrir Clashes Leave 79 Injured………………………………………………………………………16 Al Tahrir MB Won First Round of Elections, Salafis are still Competing……………………………………17 Tahrir Protesters Call on People to Return to the Square………………………………………….18 Al Sherouk Anan Negotiates with Political Powers Formation of Advisory Council………………………..19 Muslim Brotherhood Beating the Drums of Victory…………………………………………..20-21 Calm Back in Tahrir……………………………………………………………………………………22 Australian Detained over Tahrir Recordings …………………………………………………23 Al Yawm Al 7 27 Egyptians Voted in Israel ………………………………………………………………………24 Mass Demonstration on Friday ………………………………………………………………………25 The Muslim Brotherhood Sweeps and Salafis Head Forward……………………………………26 Al Akhbar Preliminary First Phase Results…………………………………………………………………..27-28 Calls for a Million-Man Demonstration Tomorrow …………………………………………….29 TV Coverage……………………………………………………………….30-37 Al Hayah TV Channel ……………………………………………………………..……. 30-32 Al Hayah 2 TV Channel ……………………………………………………………………..32 CBC Channel………………………………………………………………………………….32-33 Channel 1……………………………………………………………………………………33-34 Channel 2 …..................................................................................................................................34 Al Tahrir……………………………………………………………………..………………35 Rotana Masrya………………………………………………………………………………………35-36 Links………………………………………………………………………………………….37

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Radio Coverage………………………………………………………………………..38-41 Radio Misr……………………………………………………………………………………38 Al Shark Al Awsat Channel………………………………………………………………38-39 Al Barnamej Al Aam…………………………………………………………………………39 Links…………………………………………………………………………………………40-41 Internet Coverage………………………………………………………….42-46

Facebook…………………………………………………………………………………….42 Arabawy…………………………………………………………………………………….42 Muslim Brotherhood Site………………………………………………………………..43-45 Twitter……………………………………………………………………………………….45-46

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Publication overview Al-Ahram: Egyptian state-run official daily newspaper

Founded in 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya (English: The Egyptian Events, founded 1828). It is majority owned by the Egyptian government.

Al-Akhbar: Egyptian state-owned semi-official daily newspaper

It was founded in May 1952 as a part of Akhbar El Yom.

Al-Gomhoria: Egyptian state-owned daily newspaper

An influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper. It was established in 1954.

Al-Shorouk: Egyptian daily independent newspaper

is a prominent Arabic newspaper published in Egypt[1] and several other Arabic nations. It is a daily independent newspaper, covering mainly politics, militant affairs and sport.

Al-Masry al-Yom: Independent daily newspaper

On 7 June 2004, it published its first edition. The paper initially circulated primarily amongst Cairo’s intellectual elite, providing objective news coverage in the belief that good news would beat sensationalist reporting found in other Egyptian print media. After 3 years, it was challenging Al-Ahram for the status of being the national paper of record. Though

Tahrir: Daily independent newspaper

Dostor: Daily independent newspaper

Yom 7: Daily independent newspaper